The Vedas recommend that in the present age the most effective means of achieving s
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The Vedas recommend that in the present age the most effective means of achieving s
But in the Indian tradition, the Vedic tradition, the great seers, the great Yogis would research Absolute Truth through various forms of Yoga. Yoga means to link. So someone uses the mystic yoga process whereby through breathing exercises, through meditation, throu
naitena dehena hare kṛtāgaso
dehodbhavenālam alaḿ kujanmanā
vrīḍā mamābhūt kujana-prasańgatas
taj janma dhig yo mahatām avadya-kṛt
SYNONYMS:
na — not; etena — by this; dehena — by the body; hare — to Lord Śiva;
kṛta-āgasaḥ — having committed offenses; deha-udbhavena — produced
from your body; alam alam — enough, enough; ku-janmanā — with a
contemptible birth; vrīḍā — shame; mama — my; abhūt — was;
ku-jana-prasańgataḥ — from a relationship with a bad person; tat janma
— th
kṛta-āgasaḥ — having committed offenses; deha-udbhavena — produced
from your body; alam alam — enough, enough; ku-janmanā — with a
contemptible birth; vrīḍā — shame; mama — my; abhūt — was;
ku-jana-prasańgataḥ — from a relationship with a bad person; tat janma
— th
Brahma’s Prayers to Lord Krsna
1. After the killing of Aghasura, Lord Krsna was having lunch with his cowherd boyfriends. The calves strayed away somewhere and could not be found. When Krsna went in search of the calves, Brahma came to the spot and removed
the calves and the boys to some secured place. Understanding this, Krsna expanded Himself as calves and boys. When Lord Brahma returned after a moment of time had passed (accordi
For Lord Nithyananda prabhu is very merciful. He doesn't see whether a person is qualified or not qualified. He is very liberal in giving that mer
brahmovaca
samyak karunikasyedam
vatsa te vicikitsitam
yad aham coditah saumya
bhagavad-virya-darsane
brahma uvaca -- Lord Brahma said; samyak -- perfectly; karunikasya -- of you, who are very kind; idam -- this; vatsa -- my dear boy; te -- your; vicikitsitam -- inquisitiveness; yat -- by which; aham -- myself; coditah -- inspired; saumya -- O gentle one; bhagavat -- of the Personality of Godhead; virya -- prowess; darsane -- in the matter of.
In spiritual matters, everything is spoken frankly, without compromise. We say, "If you are not Krsna conscious, then you are a rascal. You may be th
Srila Vrindavan Das Thakur was born four years after Mahaprabhu took sannyasa.
His mother was Sri Narayani Devi. She was the niece of Srivasa Pandit.
Srila Vrindavan Das Thakur describes how his moth
Just like then first Srila Prabhupada arrived in Boston and went for a two hour walk he was outside the New York Harbour and wrote that poem, a prayer preaching Bhagavata Dharma
om jai sri gaur hari,prabhu jai sri gaur hari.
sunder chabi prabhu nyari,dekhat vipat tari.1.
all glories to the lord gaura hari...he is extremely beautiful..and by taking his darshana..all troubles go away.
gaud des prabhu prakate,kali mahi saar diya.
krishna naam de paavan,jan jan taar diya.2.
he appeared in bengal...and gave the dharama of this dark age...sri krishna naam..and thus he
Finding Joy in Everyday Spiritual Life
1.Create opportunities to do what you love to do for Krishna. We all have gifts and talents that are God- given. Use them in devotional service. When you do what you love to do, you often do it best, and giving your best to Krishna is what is wanted. The practice of surrender is often doing services that need to be done, for the pleasure of Krishna, even when it doesn’t suit us, or we don’t like to do it. That’s wonderful. And needed. But along with that, do
1. Kind to Everyone
Sometimes we are kind to everyone outside of our home and nasty to those near to us. Treat your child with kindness and he will learn to be kind – a word of appreciation, a pat of encouragement, a hug of affection. Show kindness to others – a helping hand, giving charity, a word of thanks. Kindness does not mean giving in to your child – it means never giving up on your child. You also show your kindness by setting clear expectations, boundaries and following through on conseq
pamho. agtsp.
Here is a 15 minute video that I compiled and edited myself of the blissful feast in Mayapur in honor of my Aunt Nancy departing from this world. I personally helped serve out the feast. There is a nice singing of prasadam prayers in the beginning also.
104 MB, 15 minutes.
http://www.24.fi/gopinath/EKD/Mausi%20Nancy%27s%20Feast%20in%20Mayapur.m4v
Ys, ekd
Turn Lower Desires into Superior Desires
From H H Sachinanadana Swami
"One can give up inferior desires when engaged in superior desires. To try to stop desires is impossible. One has to desire the Supreme in order not to be entangled in inferior desires." (Srila Prabhupada in his SB purport to 4.22.39)
The crucial question is: How to increase our spiritual desires? Here is Prabhupada's simple advice: "There must be regular recitation on the talks of God. Going and coming to the temple, church or m
karma pravṛttaḿ ca nivṛttam apy ṛtaḿ
vede vivicyobhaya-lińgam āśritam
virodhi tad yaugapadaika-kartari
dvayaḿ tathā brahmaṇi karma narcchati
SYNONYMS:
karma — activities; pravṛttam — attached to material enjoyment; ca — and; nivṛttam — materially detached; api — certainly; ṛtam — true; vede — in the Vedas; vivicya — distinguished; ubhaya-lińgam — symptoms of both; āśritam — directed; virodhi — contradictory; tat — that; yaugapada-eka-kartari — both activities in one
This is one of the widely celebrated Vaishnava festivals in Bangladesh that falls on the ‘Madhu Krishna trayodashi’ (the next trayodashi after Gaura Purnima). Everyone, regardless of age, participates with great enthusiasm to take a holy dip in the “Pana Tirtha’ on this very auspicious day.
“Pana” means promise. Advaita Acarya Prabhu’s Mother Nabhadevi desired to take bath in the Ganges but at the same time she was lamenting because of her old age and the Ganga being very far from her village. To
etan me prcchatah sarvam
sarva-jna sakalesvara
vijanihi yathaivedam
aham budhye 'nusasitah
etat -- all those; me -- unto me; prcchatah -- inquisitive; sarvam -- all that is inquired; sarva-jna -- one who knows everything; sakala -- over all; isvara -- the controller; vijanihi -- kindly explain; yatha -- as; eva -- they are; idam -- this; aham -- myself; budhye -- can understand; anusasitah -- just learning from you.